Double bass
Date1920-1940 ca.
Place MadeCzechoslovakia, Europe
Serial No.none
SignednoneMarkingsStamped on machine heads: CZECHOSLOVAKIA
DescriptionTop: one-piece, softwood plywood
Back: one-piece, maple plywood; arched
Ribs: maple plywood
Head and neck: maple; machine-made head with raised bull's eyes for scroll ears, and bull's eye at base of pegbox
Purfling: black-painted double lines
Varnish: dark brown
Fingerboard: black-varnished maple
Nut: black plastic
Tailpiece: black-varnished maple
Tailgut: nickel-plated steel; passes through drilled holes in front of tailpiece and bolted
Pegs: brown-varnished steel and black-stained pearwood machine heads
Saddle: black-varnished dark hardwood
Endpin: nickel-plated, adjustable steel rod held in place by tensioning screw
Linings: maple; evenly-spaced notches cut to facilitate bending
Corner blocks: maple
DimensionsTotal double bass length: 1830 mm
Stop length: 600 mm
Vibrating string length: 1053 mm
Neck length (bottom of nut to ribs): 430 mm
Back length: 1120 mm
Upper bout width: 520 mm
Center bout width: 380 mm
Lower bout width: 670 mm
Upper rib height: 165-190 mm
Center rib height: 190 mm
Lower rib height: 190 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number01032
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1880-1910 ca.
1850-1890 ca.